这对于富裕国家的标准来说不算太差，但总趋势是下降的，一旦下降加剧，由于人口统计的拖累，日本国内生产总值将出现负增长。
That is not too bad by rich-world standards, but the trend is downwards, and if it drops much further GDP will turn negative because of the country’s demographic drag.
很多重要的改变是慢慢到来的，因此你可以看到变化趋势——比如人口统计。
A lot of important change comes slowly, so you can see where it is headed — like demographics.
新的人口统计数字显示，在抑制这种造成麻烦的趋势方面目前并没有进展。
The new census data show that little progress is being made to counter this troubling trend.
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